Attachment for printing-stamps.



No. 891,150. I PATENTBD JUNE 16, 1908.

M. E. CROWLEY. ATTACHMENT FOR PRINTING STAMPS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.18, 1908.

ATTORNEYS- PATENT ornion MYl-U JN E. URU\\"LEY, ()l Sl'lAliPSVlLLl l,PENNSYLVANIA.

ATTACHMENT FOR PRINTING-STAMPS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 16, 1908.

Application filed January 18, 1908. Serial No. 411,405.

This invention relates to attachments for Jrintingstamps, and isparticularly useful in connection with stamps for printing upon blankchecks and the like.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple, strong and eflicicntattachment to be used in combination with a printing stamp, and servingfor the support and adjustment of the document, check, or other objectto be printed upon.

A furthe;- object of the invention is to provide a device of the classdescribed, which serves for the positioning of the object to be printedupon and also for the determination of the position of the matterprinted upon the object.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an attachment incombination with a printing stamp, and having adjustable means forpositioning the object to be printed upon, so that the attachment isadapted for use in connection with objects of various sizes, andfurther, having means for indicating the oint of the application of thestamp to the 0 ject.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts tobe more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth inthefclaims.

Reference 's to be had to the accompanying drawingsforming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure l is a planview of my attachment; Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the same; Fig.3 is a-longitudinal sectionof a printing stamp having my inventionapplied thereto and showing", a bank check held in position by theattachment; andFig. 4 is a perspective view of a printing stamp havingmy invention appliec thereto.

.Before proceeding to ,21-111018 detailed ex" planation. of my inveiition, it should be clearly understood that while the same isparticularly useful in connection with printmg stamps used. for markinglimiting or pro tective expressions upon bank checks, it'can also. beadvantageously used with printing stamps or like devices for otherpurposes. As it is often possible to raise or increase the amount of abank check, and thereby fraudulently cause "a loss to the bank,' or thedrawer of the check, it has become customary to mark uponchecks,expressions which limit the amounts of the same. For example,some expression, such as Not over 5,000, is printed upon the check, andthe bankis thereby Warned not to pay out an amount greater than this,upon the check in question. To mark expressions of this kind upon checksand other papers or instruments, various forms of printing stamps areemployed. In checks or instruments differing in size it is-often amatter of difl iculty tostamp the required expression neatly u )on theinstrument and upon any part-icu ar, 7 predetermined part thereof. Myinvention, when attached to a printing stamp provides means forpositioning an object to be stamped, so that, when the objects are allof one size, the expression is imprinted thereupon at the same part ofeach, and, further,

is adjustable, so that it is adapted for use with checks, documents orother instruments of various sizes. I also provide means for indicatingthe point of ap lication of the stamp so that the operator t iereof canat all times determine upon which part of the object the stamp is beingapplied.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 10 represents a printingstamp, which may be of any preferred or common form. The type of stampshown, for example, in the accompanying drawings, comprisesa base orsupport 11 upon which is carried a rotatable barrel 12 having at one enda head 13, by means of which it can be manually operated, and havingindicated thereon, various amounts. Within the base 11. and adapted toco-act with the barrel, is the printing mechanism (not shown). Thebarrel carries the printing type or faces. By suitably adjusting thebarrel, the amounts included in the protective or limiting expression tobe imprinted upon the stamp, canbe altered. Nearthe base, the barrel atone side has a slot 14 into which the check 15 or other objectis-inserted. A handle 16 above the barrel, serves for the operation ofthe stamp.

I'providea shelf 17 fashioned from sheet metal'or any other suitablematerial and low the slot 14 and'has the sides 18 located at the sidesof the barrel. The position of the shelf is such that when the object isplaced thereupon-it can easily be inserted into the slot 14 to permit'the application of the stamp. The shelf is screwed or otherwise firmlymounted in posit-i011 upon the stamp. At the under side, the shelf,which is provided at the outer edges with downwardly disposed flanges19, has brackets 20 held in position by means of screws or rivets 21. Atthe opposite ends, each of the brackets 20 has laterally disposedflanges 22-provided with registering openings. A U-shaped rod or bar 23is mounted at the under side of the shelf and has the arms 24 slidablyarranged in the registering openings of the bracket flanges 22. Thesides of the shelf'near the ends,'have slots 25 in one of which islocated an upwardlydisposed end or toe 26 of an arm 24 of the rod 3. Thetoe 26 projects throughthe slot 25 to the upper side of the shelf andconstitutes a stop to limit the insertion of the object 15 into the slot14. The shelf, above the slot 25 through which the toe 26 projects, hasan oflset membe1fl27 held in position by screws or rivets 28 andextending above the object when the latter is in position and thusserving to hold it in position. The member 27 has a slot 29 throughwhich the toe 26 appears. The arrangement is such that the end edge 30-of the, member 27 is in a line with the line of application of theprinted expression formed by the stamp. That is, the edge 30 of themember 27 indicates the position of the expression to be printed, withrespect to the shelf, and thereby provides means for determining thepart of the object 15 upon which 2;; the expression will appear.

The slot 25 of the side 18 remote from the member 27 has slidablyarranged therein a block 31 which is rigidly secured at the end of theadjacent arm 24. The block 31 carries a plate 32 having a further block33 slidably arranged in another slot 34 of the side 18. The plate has astop 35 alined with the toe 26 and serving to limit the insertion of theobject into the slot- 14. The plate has an openlng which receives athumb -nut 36. The thumb; nut 36 is arranged in a suitably threadedrecess of the block 31 and can be jammed against'the shelf to lock theplate and the'member 23in a plurality of positions. It will beunderstood that by means of the thumb-nut, the movable parts, includingthe stops which limit the position of the object to be stamped, can beadjusted and can be locked in a plurality of positions. By means of thisustment the attachment is adapted for use in connection with checks,documents, or other objects of various sizes.

The slot 34 has an extended portion 37 to permit the operator to view an:uljusting cad 38 of the stamp, located below the shelf.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. The combination, with a printing stamp, of a support for an object tobe stamped, means for limiting the insertion of the object intosaidstainp, and an; offset plate carried by said support and arrangedsubstantially parallel to said support to extend over the object whenthe same is in position to be stamped, said plate serving to indicatethe point of application of the stamp.

2. The combination, with a printing stamp, of a shelf adapted to carryan object to be stamped, a plurality of stops adapted to cooperate tolimit the positioning of the object, means for locking said stops'in alurality of posit-ions, and means upon said s ielf for indicatinthepoint of application of the stam ,said last means consisting of anolfset p ate arranged at one side of said printing means and extendingover said shelf whereby it serves to hold the object in position uponsaid shelf.

3. The combination, with a'sta'mp, of a shelf, stops movably arranged atthe sides of said shelf and extending thereabove, means for operativelyconnecting said stops at the under side of said' shelf, and clampingmeans carried by one of said stops for holding said stops in a luralityof positions, said stops serving to limit the positioning of an objectto be stamped.

4. The combination, with a stamp, of a shelf having slots, stopsmovably' arranged at the under side of said shelf and extendingthereabove through said slots, means for operatively connecting saidstops at the under side of said shelf, clamping means on one of saidstops and serving to engage said shelf for holding said stops in aplurality of positions with respect to said shelf, said stops serving tolimit the ositioning of an object to be stamped, and means carried bysaid shelf and serving to indicate the paint of application of thestamp.

5. The combination, with a'sta'mp, of a shelf having sides provided withslots, a movable member at the under side of said shelf and having arms,one of said arms having a toe extending through one of said slots andconstituting a stop tolimit the posi tioning of the object to bestamped, a block slidabl y arranged in another of said's'lots and rigidwith the other of said arms, a plate carried by said block and having astop to cooperate with said first stop tolimit the positioning of theobject, a thumb-nut carried by said plate and adapted to l)6jt1-I11111(lagainst said shelf and serving to. indicate the point of application ofthe stamp, said member being offset to extend above said shelf.

6'. The combination, with, a stamp, of av shelf having sides providedwith slots, a movable member having arms, one of said arms having a toeextending through one of said Iitop to lingt the p e stampe (1 slots andrigid slots and constituting a stop to limit the positioning of theobject to be stamped, a block other of sea slidably arranged in anotherof said slots and said arms, a plate carried by rigid with the other ofsaid arms, a plate carforming a s ried by said block and forming a stoto costop to limi .imit t e posiand means carried by sa tioning of theob'ect, a thumb-nut carried by to engage said shelf to said plate and aapted to. engage said shelf to plurality of positi operate with saidfirst stop to look said plate in position, and .a member ln'testimonycarried by said shelf and serving to indicate name to this sp'ecithepoint of application of the stamp. two subscribing wit 7 Y. Thecombination with a stamp, of a MY shelf having opposite slots, a movablemem- Witnesses:

her having arms, on'eof said arms extending through one of said slotsand constituting a top to cooperate t the positio MARY -E. CROWLEY,CHARLES B. KANTNER.

ositioning of the object to arranged in an,- th the other of said blockand 20 with said first the object, plate and adapted lock said plate ina I have signed my fication in the presence of E. CROWLEY. I

